. >> nona wasn't moving. kevin threw open the unlocked door and rushed inside. >> ryan at one point let my mom in the front door. they called 911 pretty soon after that. >> her name is nona dirksmeyer. >> nona dirksmeyer? >> i, uh, straddled her midsection, my knees were on the ground above her midsection. >> he tried cpr, but she wasn't breathing. in her eyes, usually so luminous there was no light. there was nothing at all. >> and i -- i talked to her, and i just prayed that everything was going to be okay until the ems got there. >> soon the little apartment was overwhelmed by paramedics and police. it wasn't long before anfficer took kevin aside. janice listened as her son's voice suddenly rose above the chaos. >> then i heard him cry out. >> a howl? >> yeah. that's what it was, and then he asked them if she was dead and they affirmed that yes, she was. >> nona was gone. nothing kevin could do about it, and as he tried to absorb the enormity of what had happened, he heard the policeman ask, could he come